Java

Load an Email from MIME Text in a String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetFromMimeText method, which loads the email from MIME text (such as the contents of a .eml file) held in a string. On success, it replaces the entire current email. This example serializes one email to MIME with GetMime, then reconstructs it in a second object.

Background: This is the in-memory (string) counterpart to LoadEml, which reads MIME from a file. It is handy when the raw message text arrives from somewhere other than the filesystem — a database column, an HTTP response, or a message queue — letting you parse it straight into a fully populated Email object.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the SetFromMimeText method, which loads the email from MIME text (such as
    //  the contents of a .eml file) held in a string.  On success, it replaces the entire
    //  current email.

    //  Build a source email and get its MIME text.
    CkEmail source = new CkEmail();
    source.put_Subject("Source message");
    source.put_From("alice@example.com");
    source.put_Body("Hello from MIME text.");
    String mimeText = source.getMime();

    //  Load a new email object from the MIME text.
    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();
    success = email.SetFromMimeText(mimeText);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(email.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Loaded subject: " + email.subject());
  }
}